Gabriel Antonio Pereira

Gabriel Antonio Jose Pereira Villagran (17 March 1794-14 April 1861) was President of Uruguay from 24 October 1838 to 1 March 1839 (succeeding Manuel Oribe and preceding Fructuoso Rivera) and from 1 March 1856 to 1 March 1860 (succeeding Jose Maria Pla and preceding Bernardo Prudencio Berro).

Biography
Gabriel Antonio Jose Pereira Villagran was born in Montevideo, Uruguay on 17 March 1794 to a Portuguese father and a Spanish mother, and he entered Uruguayan politics after independence. He served as President of the Senate from 1833 to 1834, in 1836, and in 1839, and he served as interim President following Manuel Oribe's forced resignation in 1838 and until Fructuoso RIvera could return to power. From 1856 to 1860, he served as President in his own right, and he died in 1861.